Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2021

The plan will be set forward by monumental changes in the United States’ infrastructure, including transportation and energy, which have long been dominated by oil, coal, and other fossil fuels. Biden has also announced plans to electrify the government fleet , including the U.S. However, halving the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. The cost-effectiveness of measures to address climate change is enhanced through a multisector perspective. Top, without CCS and CSP; bottom, with CCS and CSP. Credit: ACS, Wallington et al. Click to enlarge. Wallington et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

For the first time since UCS began the Automaker Rankings report in 2000, all eight major automakers reduced their average greenhouse gas (GHG) and smog-forming emissions compared to their fleet averages from 1998, the model year examined in the first report. Climate Change Coal Emissions Fuel Efficiency'

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

However, in 2015, natural gas emissions surpassed coal emissions, and the AEO2019 Reference case projects that natural gas CO 2 emissions will continue increasing as natural gas use increases. Natural gas surpassed coal to become the most prevalent fuel used to generate electricity in the United States in 2016.

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Gas Emissions Energy Coal 220

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

In coming months, the plan notes, the Department of Transportation will work with other agencies to further explore strategies for integrating alternative fuel vessels into the US flag fleet. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

Now, a study from University of Michigan researchers shows that when, where and how those fleet vehicles are charged can greatly impact their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our evaluation strategy leads to two main recommendations for companies investing in fleets of electric vehicles.

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Charging Vehicles Gas-Electric Emissions 186

Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The Outlook predicts a rise in electric vehicles as well as efficiency improvements in conventional engines, both trends likely leading to a peak in liquid fuels use by the world’s light-duty vehicle fleet by 2030. Changes in the fleet mix (e.g., Changes in the fleet mix (e.g., Source: ExxonMobil. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

Further, drivers should not be encouraged to charge at night in coal-heavy regions. Loss of vehicle range in extreme weather regions may also affect regional adoption, and adoption in some regions can lead to higher-polluting fleets in other regions. —“Electric Vehicle Adoption Potential in the United States”.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

In 2009, the carbon intensity of the electric power sector decreased by nearly 4.3%, primarily due to fuel switching as the price of coal rose 6.8% Increased use of natural gas in place of coal caused the sector’s carbon intensity to decrease. The fuel economy of the total US fleet improved from 27 mpg US in 2008 to 28.5

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Driivz

MARCH 31, 2021

Renewable energy was the main source of energy before the discovery of oil, coal, and natural gas. With the increasing threat of climate change, renewable energy has slowly but surely regained is prominence. Ultimately, charging electric vehicles with renewable energy creates a “one-two punch” against climate change.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The team also compared the effects of these local planning efforts to the reduction in emissions that would occur under the Obama administration’s plan to increase the fuel efficiency of the automobile fleet to 54.5 Changing circumstances could alter the model’s projections—e.g., a rapid electrification of the automobile fleet.

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Transportation Cleveland CO2 Phoenix 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2014

in this study the environmental impacts of delivering driven vehicle miles are compared for three different vehicle fleets, each powered either directly or indirectly by natural gas. Dai and Lastoskie assumed their three fleets would have the same glider and similar power train configuration, excluding power source parts.

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

The primary goal is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, ultimately, contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change on the planet. EVs will be greener in Washington state, where almost half of electricity comes from hydropower, than in Wyoming, where electric generation is primarily fueled by coal.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The passenger vehicle fleet doubles to almost 1.7 PLDV demand for oil is based on four factors, according to WEO 2011: the rate of expansion of the fleet; average fuel economy; average vehicle usage; and. However, we assume little change in vehicle usage patterns over the Outlook period. billion in 2035. —WEO 2011.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

In addition, despite the rigorous development of renewables, carbon dioxide emissions are increasing, because the energy mix increasingly includes coal-fired power plants that emit large quantities of CO 2 to compensate for weather-related fluctuations in power generation from renewables and the closing of nuclear plants.

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Germany Energy Renewable Grid 239

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

Decisions about the nature of electricity generation must be made within the next 10 years if those new deployments are to align with the next two to three vehicle-fleet cycles in which large-scale commercialization of BEVs is expected, the authors note, adding: The scale of that challenge has not been fully appreciated in the policy discussion.

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Industrial Industry Climate Change Grid 301

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

Fleet-level operational efficiency improvements (intelligent scheduling, driver assistance, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, platooning, and other levels of automation). Reduction of accessory loads and auxiliary power requirements. Predictive engine accessory and driveline controls. Hybrid electric powertrains. Background. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

In December 2014, Böhni submitted a motion for consideration by the National Council (Nationalrat) that would create the legal basis for importers and manufacturers of vehicles that run on CO 2 -neutral synthetic fuels made in Switzerland to receive credit for the corresponding reduction in CO 2 emissions under fleet emission rules.

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. How the IRA will help tackle climate change.

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My Electric Car

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Now with a pending war with China, an economic collapse resulting from massive debt and corporate greed plus the environmental disaster of climate change edging ever closer, those in power have decided that our insurance will be to invest in more oil, gas and coal. A bit late Angus but better late than never!

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Australia Coal Oil Climate Change 52

Electric Auto Association

AUGUST 2, 2022

I even got him to buy a Tesla,” said Martinson, explaining that Hirt was an advisor and co-producer of the ARP film, Nation in Transition , an examination of the coal-to-renewables transition on the Navajo Nation and across northern Arizona. Paul Hirt, became a close friend. We’re here to rally folks to the cause.”.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. Jiang et al. 1923 3343-3364 doi: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0119.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2009

The five different fuel groups were those derived: from conventional petroleum; from unconventional petroleum; synthetically from natural gas, coal, or combinations of coal and biomass via the FT process; renewable oils; and alcohols. Adverse effects of ULS jet fuel would include higher fuel prices (by about $0.05 Weiss, Ian A.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. Methanol can be produced from a range of renewable sources and fossil-fuel based feed-stocks; in practice methanol is mainly produced in coal-rich China from coal.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. Significant tax incentives encourage the conversion of trucks and heavy-duty fleets to natural gas vehicles. Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.),

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Gas-Electric Climate Gas Energy 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. Support for methanol fueling infrastructure should also be considered.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Trucks therefore are an important place to look for energy savings and climate change mitigation in the transportation sector. This is also equivalent to the amount of CO 2 emitted from 20 coal-fired power plants in a year. million barrels per day. The core of the analysis consisted of a series of modeled simulations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The DOE-QTR defines six key strategies: increase vehicle efficiency; electrification of the light duty fleet; deploy alternative fuels; increase building and industrial efficiency; modernize the electrical grid; and deploy clean electricity. DOE’s most significant role in transport research is here.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

EVS: How They Are Helping Us In developed countries like the US, transportation is the main cause of climate pollution. To address this issue people should change to more sustainable modes of transportation. It is the need of the hour because to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we have just ten years in our hands.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 31, 2009

I bring a passion that’s driven by my sense of urgency over our climate change crisis. No offense, and I wish we had luxury of time to wait on you and be patient, but from the climate change data I’m reviewing daily we’re already well past that point. But I also bring something more on top of all that.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

My attentiveness to Waco and Mclennan County has led to deeper and more informative discussions concerning fleet and transit vehicles, as well as my appointment to the city of Waco’s Sustainable Resource Practices Advisory Board. Most folks don’t care about air quality, and roll their eyes if you even hint at climate change.

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Texas Gas-Electric Grid Climate 71

Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2024

Before we start, I want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage from some of Spectrum ‘s most important beats, including AI, climate change, and robotics, by signing up for one of our free newsletters. I think maybe because the cover was a car perched at the top of a giant mountain of coal.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. Closer to home, the federal fuel economy standards require the average fleet fuel economy of OEMs that sell vehicles in the USA to be 35.5 ” A very clear, time-bound, one nation goal. mpg by 2016.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The second reason is that the grid we have is built out to places where there were coal mines and hydropower dams, not where there’s the best wind and sun. Jenkins: We have to shut down coal plants as fast as is feasible because they’re by far the most environmentally damaging. You need a bigger grid to supply that electricity.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 89

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

In the climate-targeted scenarios, they assumed that electrified vehicles receive their electricity from an 80% decarbonized electricity grid. They considered state-specific contributions from nine generating technologies: coal, oil, natural gas, hydro, biogas, geothermal, nuclear, wind, and solar. Third, U.S.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s ’s power generation, he said. — t_F 10.

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